Which to use
“instaurée” and “instaurer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,606
- “instaurée” frequency rank
- #11,234
- “instaurer” frequency rank
- 39840
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | instaurée | instaurer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de instaurer. | Établir, fonder. |
Same sound, different letters: instaurée vs instaurer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - instaurée / instaurer
This is the hard kind. instaurée and instaurer are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃s.tɔ.ʁe\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39840, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
instaurée is recorded at frequency rank #28,606, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃s.tɔ.ʁe\. instaurer is at rank #11,234, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃s.tɔ.ʁe\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 39840, this pair ranks #244,970 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of instaurée vs instaurer
Shared letters: aeinrstu. Private to "instaurée": é. Private to "instaurer": -.
"instaurée" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVVCVV · "instaurer" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- instaurer ← innstaurer · insaturer · insstaurer · instaruer · instauerr · instaurerr · instaurre · instaurrer
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "instaurée" and "instaurer" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "instaurée" or "instaurer"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "instaurée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "instaurer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #244,970 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "instaurée" and "instaurer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "instaure vs instaurée". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #244,970 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.